Editor: please welcome guest author Hunter Hathaway with her first review for The Disney Blog. I was 12 years old the first time I saw Newsies. I was one of the few people to see the Disney movie musical in the theater. There was just… Read More »Newsies! Carry the Banner into the Paper Mill Playhouse
Disney Theatrical and The Paper Mill Playhouse has released a short video with clips of the stage musical production of Newsies.
Production runs through Oct 16th.
Read our previous Newsies coverage.
Below the jump catch a video of the cast backstage at ABC’s The View.
At night Jeremy Jordan is currently staring as Jack Kelly in the stage musical production of Disney’s Newsies at the Paper Mill Theater. During the day Jordan is leading the life of a criminal on the run in rehearsals for the stage production of Bonnie… Read More »Newsies Star Turns To Life Of Crime (on Broadway)
Disney cult classic Newsies, about newsboys who wage a labor strike in 1890s New York, is being worked into a stage musical by composer Alan Menken, lyricist Jack Feldman, choreographer Christopher Gattelli, and librettist Harvey Fierstein. Together they are adapting the movie to the stage, while adding in songs, fresh characters, new plot points, and choreography to match the modern era.
The production is being developed at Paper Mill Playhouse and really said to be more of a homage to the 1992 film. Here’s a short video from Playbill featuring the creative team. Below the jump is a video with a sneak peek at some of the songs from the show.
File this under learn something new every day. Disney Theatrical just posted this video advertising their Group Workshop experience. I would have killed, or at least seriously maimed, for an experience like that as a kid. Groups of 15 or more can get discounts on… Read More »Disney Theatrical Now Offering Group Workshops
A critical failure and box office weakling Disney’s Tarzan The Musical lasted just over a year on Broadway. However, fans of Disney’s story should not give up hope. A new version of the play is being worked on up the coast in Boston. The North… Read More »Don’t Write Off Tarzan The Musical Just Yet
John recently posted about the announcement of the Walt Disney Company’s second quarter profits. At the end of the post, he asked where readers would like to see the company go in the future. I started writing a comment, but it was rapidly turning into… Read More »A Look at the Current Standing of Disney on Broadway
Just read the news that a Broadway version Newsies is in pre-production at Disney Theatrical. On one hand the mind boggles. The movie was a flop, few of the songs memorable, and it was made almost 20 years ago. On the other hand this is the biggest ‘no duh’ move that Disney Theatrical has ever made. Newsies has a small but obsessive fan following, it helped launch Christian Bale’s career (although I’ve heard he regrets his participation), and Kenny Ortega was the director and choreographer. Thankfully, they’re planning to make some changes, add some songs, and re-write the book before it hits the stage and they’ve got serious talent, like Alan Menken etc… lined up to produce the new show.
This has me thinking. What other Disney movies are just waiting for their Broadway Treatment?